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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Missouri State
Jalen Brooks
LB • 5'11" • 230 lbs • Knightdale, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Missouri State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Jalen Brooks built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Knightdale, NC wearing No. 19, spending time with Missouri State and North Carolina. The clearest part of Jalen Brooks' career was his...
Read the storyJalen Brooks, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State. Jalen Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 50
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jalen Brooks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 50
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
- Top game
- Liberty
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 48 tackles · LB 303rd (top 24%) · Conference USA 56th (top 11%) · National 668th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri State | 10 | 48 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 44 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unlisted to Missouri State | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 78.4 | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 2024 | North Carolina to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 10.6 | Nov 28, 2023 |
Jalen Brooks played LB for North Carolina and Missouri State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Brooks recorded 50 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Missouri State paired 4 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Missouri State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
24
Usage
5.1
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Marshall: 0. SMU: 2. UT Martin: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Liberty: 0. UTEP: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. SMU: 4 by 36.7. UT Martin: 6 by 25. Western Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Middle Tennessee: 8 by 43.3. New Mexico State: 5 by 20.8. Liberty: 6 by 25. UTEP: 6 by 35. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 30-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs UTEP | W 38-24 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Liberty | W 21-17 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/23 | @ New Mexico State | W 24-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/8 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 22-20 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Western Kentucky | L 22-27 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs UT Martin | W 42-10 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs SMUSplash game | L 10-28 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Marshall | W 21-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ USC | L 13-73 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalen Brooks story
Jalen Brooks built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Knightdale, NC wearing No. 19, spending time with Missouri State and North Carolina. The clearest part of Jalen Brooks' career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Brooks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
North Carolina
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Missouri State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri State | 4 | 24 | 5.1 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Liberty
Week 1
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 23 SMU
Week 3 · L 10-28 · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 129 UTEP
Week 12 · W 38-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 7 · W 22-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 102 Liberty
Week 11 · W 21-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
22.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
4 primary output · 24 efficiency · 5.1 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · North Carolina
35.3
0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · North Carolina
34.9
0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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